I didn't make anything, because I was traveling today.
We left Tampa yesterday. We checked out of our hotel, and brought Emily to the airport in the morning, she flew home yesterday. We couldn't check into the Orlando hotel until three, so we stopped at a few coffee places and a little beach on an island, near a marina and a little airport.
We finally made our way to the hotel close to the airport, the traffic was bad...it took a while. We went to Publix, because what is a trip to Florida without a stop at Publix? (We got some chicken for our dinner, with fresh strawberries and raw carrots) 
The hotel was not the greatest, but the pool was refreshing! 
That's Paul, being smart and staying in the shade.
That's Paul, being smart and staying in the shade.
We had to wake up at 3:30 this morning to get to the airport, return the rental car, check the bag, then go through security. We travel a lot, so we have TSA preCheck, which you pay $85 for five years, they do a background check, then you go through the quicker lines. Well, Paul's ticket didn't have the preCheck mark on it, so he had to go through the regular security, and those lines were longer than I've ever seen them in Orlando! They were crazy long! I breezed right through, he was in line for an hour and forty minutes. I was waiting and waiting for him, then I saw him come out, and go toward the train to the gates...then he was gone. Did he really get on the train without me? Was it HIM? I texted...his notifications were turned off....called him, it went to voicemail. Our flight had already started boarding, oh dear. I got on the next train, walked as fast as I could go, then there it was, all the way at the end of the hallway, the farthest gate in the section, of course. I hurried and hurried and hurried, and when it came into focus, there were no passengers, just the two airline workers. The door was still open, and I asked if my husband had boarded...yes, he had. What the heckers? He was astonished that I WASN'T on the plane, why would I wait for him if he was taking so long? um, why WOULDN'T I? I really thought I was going to miss that flight. I was one of the last people to board the plane.
I think he should have told me he was planning to do that, and if he expected me to go without him to board, he should have told me...but he assumed that was what I was doing. No harm no foul, all worked out in the end, but I was a bit nervous I was going to be left in Florida by myself, for a little bit there.
We've been going strong all day, Mariel picked us up from the airport, I finished filling eggs for the kids' egg hunt at church, then came home after and some of the kids and grandkids visited. We had a nice Easter meal at church, smoked ribs, ham, roasted potatoes, a fresh spring salad with strawberries and feta, rolls and butter...so I just made some mozzarella sticks and honey battered chicken tenders, and sliced up some carrots, celery, red pepper, and put out some chips and crackers...a snack-y kind of dinner...
The kids and grandkids have all gone home, it's just Paul and I and the four kids who still live home...and it's so nice to be home. I hope you all have had a nice Easter....
4 comments:
Welcome home! That was a stressful loading. I would have waited too and then been very anxious! Glad it worked out . Sounds like a great day with family today!
Such a great Easter my friend! Yes, Orlando can be daunting, that is for sure. Hope you have a beautiful day my friend.
Oh- that kind of thing happens to me all the time! I get separated from the other person and of course my phone is dead/lost/etc. I keep trying to learn from these mistakes but they are a bit different every time!! Glad you made your flight:)
Valerie
Mari, I am glad too, glad to be home. Linda, Orlando: the traffic is crazy! I do like Florida though...that warmth, mmm. Valerie, I have traveled on my own before, didn't love it, but when you know you're relying only on yourself, you figure it out and make it work...but traveling with my husband, I just depend on him, and follow along...when I was suddenly on my own with the very real possibility of not making it on that flight home, I was rather panicked. Communication, that's what was lacking...now I understand where he was coming from, but still, he could have told me...:)
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